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THOMAS POSEY

July 9, 1750-March 19, 1818
An officer in the American Revolution,
a general during peacetime, the third
Lieutenant Govenor of Kentucy, Governor
of the Indiana Territory, and a Louisana Senator.
(Portrait by John Bayless Hill)Biographical information from Wikipedia.org

"Posey County was formed on November 11,
1814 from Gibson and Warrick
counties. It was named for Revolutionary War General, Thomas Posey.

The first county seat was Blackford, in the northeastern
corner of Marrs
Township, the town
being named after Judge Isaac Blackford, a famous lawyer in Indiana for
more than
forty years. In 1817, it
was moved to Springfield, near the town of Harmonie, where
Frederick Rapp and his colony of Rappites
lived. The
legislative act of February 12, 1825 moved the County Seat to Mt.
Vernon. First settled
in 1803 by Andrew McFadin, the site was originally known as
McFadin's Bluff.
By 1849
Mt.
Vernon contained substantial buildings for the Courthouse and public offices, two good hotels and
about 200 houses with 1,000 inhabitants."